NASP 2024 Annual Meeting & Expo
ISMP Issues Medication Safety Tips to Heed For Specialty Pharmacy
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices took its safety message on the road at the NASP 2024 Annual Meeting ...
APRIL 26, 2025
Identifying Weak Planks on the Bridge to Medication Safety
A new review of all 50 state boards of pharmacy regulations by the ISMP has shown that only one or two boards ...
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Specialty Pharmacists Data Mine EHRs To Boost Oncology Drug Adherence
Pharmacists at Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy, in Nashville, Tenn., have demonstrated that monthly patient outreach, ...
JANUARY 3, 2025
IRA Reduces Specialty Pharmacy Reliance on Patient Assistance Programs
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which has made brand-name medications more affordable, also has yielded a key ...
JANUARY 2, 2025
Just Say No to Paying Cybersecurity Ransoms
Health systems and other sites of care should never pay a ransom demand from a cyberattacker, even if that seems to ...
JANUARY 2, 2025
Effort Underway to Improve Standards for REMS Adjudication
The REMS for certain high-risk medications can be cumbersome and time-intensive, with manual entry requirements ...
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Is AI the Patient and Staff Support Program of the Future?
Artificial intelligence programs may be the key to solving a major concern that emerged in a large survey of ...
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
AI Poised to Improve Trial Recruitment and Drug Adherence in Specialty Pharmacy
The growing potential roles of artificial intelligence, including large-language models and generative AI, were a ...
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Preparing for Disasters for You and Your Patients
As Hurricane Milton was bearing down on Florida, Drs. Brenda Gray and Lillian Banchik sat down with us during ...
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Pharmacist Recommendations Improve Hepatitis B Screening in Oral Oncology Patients
The vast majority of providers accept pharmacist-initiated recommendations to screen for hepatitis B virus in ...
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Quantifying the Cost of Specialty Pharmacist Interventions for 'Outside' Prescriptions
Interventions by health system specialty pharmacists for patients who don't fill their specialty prescriptions with ...
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Specialty Pharmacists Important Players in Holistic Oncology Care
Holistic oncology offers myriad opportunities for specialty pharmacists to support patients during and after cancer ...
OCTOBER 15, 2024
